Nowra

Nowra is a city in the South Coast region of New South Wales, Australia. It is located 160 kilometres south-southwest of the state capital of Sydney. As of the 2016 census, Nowra has an estimated population of 20,039. Situated in the southern reaches of the Sydney basin, Nowra is the seat and commercial centre of the City of Shoalhaven.

The region around Nowra is a farming community with a thriving dairy industry and a significant amount of state-owned forest land. It is also an increasingly popular retirement and leisure area for people from Canberra and Sydney. The naval air station HMAS Albatross is located about 10 kilometres south-west of Nowra. The name Nowra, originally written by Europeans as 'nou-woo-ro', is an Aboriginal word for the black cockatoo.